Slime moulds (Mycetozoa or Eumycetozoa) are a taxon of unicellular organisms whose way of life combines characteristics of animals and fungi, but which belong to neither group. Despite their name, they are not fungi. The group comprises just over 1,000 species, although the number is considered uncertain. According to modern views, slime moulds no longer constitute a single common group. The three included taxa, Myxogastria, also known as myxomycetes and the largest group, Dictyostelia and Protostelia, are no longer combined. Within biology, the systematic study of slime moulds is carried out in botany and mycology.

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